Product and international diversification among Japanese multinational firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-80

  Geringer, J Michael ^a   Tallman, Stephen ^b,c   Olsen, David M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Multinational; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002965429     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200001)21:1<51::AID-SMJ77>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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